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How much do authors get paid for their published books? Specifics inside.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 1:21 PM on October 6, 2008
(13 comments)
The Most Serene Republic, quite possibly the most underrated of all the acts on the
Arts & Crafts label, create music in a similar vein to fellow Canadian indie rockers
Arcade Fire,
Stars, and
Broken Social Scene. Experience their explosive, big-band, polyphonic, experimental flair by listening to their 3 releases in full:
Underwater Cinematographer (2005),
Phages EP (2006), and
Population (2007). A few video music videos as well:
The Men Who Live Upstairs,
Oh God,
Content Always Was My Favourite
posted to MetaFilter by Christ, what an asshole
at 9:38 PM on September 30, 2008
(21 comments)
Help me resolve a Catch-22 about meeting new people of the opposite sex.
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:07 PM on September 30, 2008
(46 comments)
It was 17 years ago today, September 24, 1991,
Nevermind hit the shelves and changed popular music forever. The story of Spencer Elden, whom you may know as the little baby floating toward a dollar bill on the cover was covered on
NPR recently.
Butch Vig produced Nevermind,
Andy Wallace mixed it. You can watch Vig talk about recroding Nevermind, "
Polly" "
Smells Like Teen Spirit" and many of the other songs.
posted to MetaFilter by Blake
at 3:42 AM on September 24, 2008
(212 comments)
This, like many clichés, so lame and unexciting on the surface, actually expresses a great and terrible truth. It is not the least bit coincidental that adults who commit suicide with firearms almost always shoot themselves in: the head. They shoot the terrible master. And the truth is that most of these suicides are actually dead long before they pull the trigger.
And I submit that this is what the real, no bullshit value of your liberal arts education is supposed to be about: how to keep from going through your comfortable, prosperous, respectable adult life dead, unconscious, a slave to your head and to your natural default setting of being uniquely, completely, imperially alone day in and day out. That may sound like hyperbole, or abstract nonsense. Let's get concrete. The plain fact is that you graduating seniors do not yet have any clue what "day in day out" really means. There happen to be whole, large parts of adult American life that nobody talks about in commencement speeches. One such part involves boredom, routine, and petty frustration. The parents and older folks here will know all too well what I'm talking about.
First reported by
an anonymous tip to a blog, the
Los Angeles Times has confirmed that
David Foster Wallace has hung himself.
posted to MetaFilter by gerryblog
at 5:34 PM on September 13, 2008
(483 comments)
Any tried and true solutions/methods for removing deodorant build-up from the armpit area of T-shirts?
posted to Ask Metafilter by karizma
at 6:35 PM on September 6, 2008
(16 comments)
Apparently whenever US movies were released in Soviet-era Poland, the posters were discarded and replaced by
new versions by Polish artists. Alternately disturbing and frickin' awesome, and often containing political comments of varying subtlety.
Previously.
posted to MetaFilter by genghis
at 10:11 AM on September 6, 2008
(60 comments)
great guy, bad sex, what should i do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 1:46 PM on September 3, 2008
(30 comments)
Music recommendations in a very particular vein (well, maybe two):
1. Do Make Say Think and A Silver Mt. Zion collide in a near-fatal accident, the honorable Steve Reich presiding. What (band) results from this impossibly gorgeous union?
2. Rachel's is exquisitely beautiful, yet I've found nothing in the world like them. Is there anything, anywhere at all, that manages to sound something like Rachel's and something like Arovane's "Tides" album? I think it would blow my mind...
If it isn't immediately obvious, I like post-rock with purpose, and BEATS. If you can't answer either question, throw me something exciting and intriguing in that vein worth checking out :)
posted to Ask Metafilter by dmaterialized
at 8:21 PM on August 18, 2008
(48 comments)
What to do with myself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 6:55 PM on August 17, 2008
(10 comments)
Why did I start getting sudden, brief, migraine-like headaches when performing a high number of repetitions of a strength training exercise?
posted to Ask Metafilter by ludwig_van
at 6:11 PM on August 17, 2008
(11 comments)
I'm going to ask my doctor, but what might it mean if laying on my back specifically rather than in other positions for extended periods can leave my heart feeling congested for days afterwards?
posted to Ask Metafilter by GleepGlop
at 12:38 PM on August 8, 2008
(10 comments)
How can I learn to focus better (especially while reading)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by comwiz
at 2:25 PM on August 17, 2008
(21 comments)
How to "Find Yourself" or get comfortable in your own skin?
posted to Ask Metafilter by gb77
at 8:49 AM on July 16, 2008
(15 comments)
My social life is falling apart and I don't know what to do to fix it.
posted to Ask Metafilter by als129
at 8:51 AM on July 7, 2008
(17 comments)
How do I deal with loneliness? How do I accept being single?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 5:53 AM on June 26, 2008
(42 comments)
Which high quality fonts - mainly serifs/sans-serifs - can you recommend that should be in every designer's toolkit? I'm thinking about gorgeous and versatile fonts such as Helvetica, Futura, Frutiger, Franklin Gothic, Myriad, Garamond, Palatino, etc.
Go on, get that list underneath your pillow because I really want to know!
posted to Ask Metafilter by Foci for Analysis
at 6:02 PM on June 25, 2008
(21 comments)
How do I mitigate my lack of experience when searching for jobs?
posted to Ask Metafilter by danb
at 4:29 PM on June 25, 2008
(9 comments)
Amsterdam for stoners?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 8:26 AM on June 25, 2008
(14 comments)
Down or synthetic? What insulation should I get for our new sleeping bags? They will be used camping, and probably backpacking overseas, but rarely - if ever - hiking, and likely never in below-freezing conditions, so synthetic sounds like it will be fine. But the old boy-scout romantic in me likes the idea of down ...
posted to Ask Metafilter by puffmoike
at 6:42 AM on June 24, 2008
(17 comments)
I'm trying to figure out how to be less paranoid and obsessive and how to not replay past and future negative scenarios in my head constantly – eventually getting myself in trouble. Often, I go over negative things that I've overheard or have suspicions about, and negative recent occurrences (like getting fired recently or conversations that might have left me in a bad light in someone else’s view). I feel paranoid about anything I cannot control and have ever had problems with perhaps. I was recently fired from a job for generally being too confrontational with my boss about things I saw going wrong and things I was feeling paranoid about. The thing is -- the paranoia is somewhat justified, and I have a hard time believing that it's possible not to worry about stuff all the time. And now at my new job I feel that I’m at risk of the same behavior, feeling jaded already about my new work situation and worrying constantly about everything in my life (and about not having a life, and even about worrying too much itself!) – how can I feel more relaxed and just chill out?
posted to Ask Metafilter by albatross5000
at 2:12 PM on June 23, 2008
(10 comments)
I fell in love with "Frontier Psychiatrist" by The Avalanches all over again this week. Can you recommend similar songs or artists, particularly with that amusing juxtaposition of voice samples as part of the track?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Bakuun
at 2:09 PM on June 8, 2008
(26 comments)
How do you learn to feel comfortable with yourself?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 7:43 PM on June 5, 2008
(18 comments)
How can a self-described "lazy" person develop really effective and successful long-term work habits?
posted to Ask Metafilter by itchi23
at 8:09 AM on June 3, 2008
(22 comments)
Have you ever known someone with so much artistic potential, who does nothing with it?
posted to Ask Metafilter by self
at 10:03 PM on May 25, 2008
(52 comments)
I'm very tall (6'6"), and like most tall people, struggle with posture - I tend to slump my shoulders forward and tilt my head down, especially when standing. Are there any exercises that target that area (upper back, neck) that will pull the shoulders back and make standing/sitting properly "feel right"? (I lift weights regularly, but I think my back is a weak spot - the more I lift, the worse I feel my posture gets.)
posted to Ask Metafilter by jbickers
at 3:54 AM on May 21, 2008
(16 comments)
I'm going back to college next fall, to attend an undergraduate creative writing program. What literary fiction should I read this summer to get up to speed?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sugarfish
at 5:23 PM on May 18, 2008
(36 comments)
I would like to be the bright kid again, but I've just turned 30. What should I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by dcrocha
at 8:18 PM on May 17, 2008
(33 comments)
Backpacking with a DSLR Camera - Any advice?
posted to Ask Metafilter by paulfreeman
at 10:43 AM on May 13, 2008
(15 comments)
Every night when I get in bed I have an existential crisis that makes falling asleep difficult. What can I do?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 8:07 AM on May 13, 2008
(46 comments)
How does a 25-year old college dropout go about getting a fresh start at a new university?
posted to Ask Metafilter by sambosambo
at 1:00 PM on May 11, 2008
(11 comments)
I am 21, male, and I'm pretty bored with life, I feel stressed about doing nothing. I am having trouble figuring out what it is I really want to do with all of the time I have right now, and I've definitely been stagnating. Give me some advice!
posted to Ask Metafilter by thegmann
at 5:45 PM on May 8, 2008
(18 comments)
What are some of your absolute favourite online essays, articles and other pieces of non-fiction writing?
posted to Ask Metafilter by turgid dahlia
at 4:21 PM on May 1, 2008
(51 comments)
My friend asked me to be the photographer for his wedding (which pleased me a lot!). As an enthusiastic amateur, what should I know about wedding photography? What photos shouldn't I miss?
posted to Ask Metafilter by tomble
at 5:45 PM on April 28, 2008
(31 comments)
I have lately been hooked on
Glengarry Glen Ross and
The Big Kahuna, small casts with stellar scripts and casting. What other dialogue-heavy films in this vein should I be watching?
posted to Ask Metafilter by porn in the woods
at 6:26 PM on April 27, 2008
(60 comments)
How should I, an intermediate chess player, study to improve my game?
posted to Ask Metafilter by flotson
at 10:02 PM on April 27, 2008
(9 comments)
It was a stormy night. The scroll wheel in my Mighty Mouse stuck, again. Cleaned it. Worked fine for 5 minutes. Stuck again. I snapped…
posted to Ask Metafilter by doctor.dan
at 1:48 AM on April 19, 2008
(22 comments)
How do I feel better again? I don't. I don't know what to do anymore?
posted to Ask Metafilter by isoman2kx
at 2:26 PM on April 18, 2008
(20 comments)
Who to read besides Coupland, Stephenson, Gibson, and Sterling?
posted to Ask Metafilter by humannaire
at 8:45 PM on April 13, 2008
(43 comments)
Which guy would you rather hire as an engineer - a 28 year old guy who took 8 years to get a bachelors degree or a 30 year old guy who took 10 years to get a masters degree?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Anonymous
at 9:17 AM on April 9, 2008
(23 comments)
Gaming on a MacBook: what games would run well in OS X on a 2.2GHz MacBook (with GMA X3100)?
posted to Ask Metafilter by Sticherbeast
at 10:58 PM on April 7, 2008
(12 comments)
